NEW Preliminary Program

Keynote Speakers (confirmed): 

Professor William Winn, College of Education, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Jan Blom, Nokia Research Center, Finland

The conference will be held in the Dolmen Resort Hotel - more information here.

Get the Conference Poster (1.89 Mb)

Mobile Learning is not only a new technology; it is also an exponent of new 

modes of learning. Education gradually shifts from the transfer to the development 

of expertise. The need is there to develop skills and understanding at the spot, 

just when it is needed. This conference will provide you with the newest state of 

the art on portable devices, like the mobile telephone, the PDA and the many 

combinations of the two, including functionalities like full WWW-access (via 

Bluetooth, WLAN or GPRS), photo/video cameras, GPS and a navigational system, 

playing and recording MP3 music and MPEG4 movies, and not to forget a large amount 

of games and simulations. Indeed we can say that it is just one of the many steps 

from the computer on the desk, to finally see it disappear in our watch, our clothes 

and under the skin.
 

One highlight of this conference will be how quickly we expect the predicted 

portability will emerge and what we hope to include in our scenarios for work, 

school and leisure time. The other is the question what scenarios we envisage to pick 

its potential benefits for learning purposes. No need to argue if and how it will help 

us to learn on the job; connectivity saves us mobility (time, costs and risks). More 

intriguing is the question how institutionalized learning will benefit from 

mobile learning devices.

Yes, already WWW-based learning systems have proven its value for flexibility, 

collaborative and experiential effects. We may expect our mobile to combine 

communication, work and leisure time better, so that its learning moments 

happen when we are eady for it. For those reasons we cordially invite you to 

come and join our conference in the luster atmosphere of Malta where already 

several highly dynamic mobile applications between learning, tourism and 

local tourist services are undertaken.